Short history of United Fruit Company - the case of Guatemala
Essay - 8 pages - Modern history
A small country located at a key point of Central America, Guatemala has a troubled and tragic history, and was thus told by a specialist that it was a "gift from the devil". Recent history seems to confirm this grim diagnosis. The civil war in Guatemala (1962-1996) was one of the longest...
The thing around your neck, A private experience - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 2009
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Literature
In this other short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, two women help each other to find shelter in an abandoned store, after running with no rest, in a hurry. One is clearly Muslim, the other, Chika, seems to be Christian. In an atmosphere of dictatorship and ethnic tensions, they have escaped a...
Project Management of project: Africa Without Borders
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
As the poorest continent in the world, Africa includes countries where the living conditions of children remain difficult. Although quality education is widely recognized as a basic human right that can promote economic growth, this element is not easily accessible to many African children....
Human Resources and strategic tools
Case study - 8 pages - Human resources
The management of jobs is a tool that is used for managing human resources. It consists of the projection for the medium and long term needs and staff resources of an organization. It is composed of qualitative approaches of management planning skills and workforce planning. The management of...
Case study of Haribo
Case study - 23 pages - Services marketing
The confectionery sector is a highly competitive industry in which producers of candies must demonstrate great creativity and a keen sense of innovation to differentiate themselves from competitors. In 2002 this sector produced more than 212 000 tons of confectionery, which reflected an increase...
Corporate and business strategy of PSA Peugeot-Citroen
Essay - 7 pages - Business strategy
PSA Peugeot-Citroën Company is a French car manufacturer, property of Peugeot family. In 2010, the company was the leader car manufacturer in France and the second in Europe taking over Volkswagen . Nevertheless, PSA had to face some issues. As a strategy consultant for PSA, my aims are to solve...
How research protocol would impact the medical providers' practice?
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Research puts it clear that healthcare research aids a patient and a client care through the provision of a unique scientifically based body of intensive knowledge used to make various decisions, practice and promote the professional role. The modern research protocols can be used by the medical...
Anti-social Personality Disorder: The Case of Ted Bundy
Case study - 2 pages - Psychology
The following documentation describes the case of a cunning, manipulative, selfish and sociopathic individual known by the name of Ted Bundy and his relation to anti-social personality disorder. Theodore Bundies psychotic behavior and extreme motives and cognition provide an amazing look into the...
Strategic analysis of the launching of the Tassimo machine by Kraft Foods Inc.
Case study - 10 pages - Services marketing
Kraft Foods Inc. is the second largest global brand in the food and drink sector. The group markets its products in 149 countries, representing more than 114,000 employees, and has a portfolio of 61 brands achieving a turnover of over 100 million dollars anually. Kraft Foods France, a subsidiary...
Management of CHD and other chronic illnesses
Case study - 7 pages - Medical studies
This report presents Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) also known as Coronary Artery Disease, a condition that affects a large number of people and which causes a lot death as it affect a most vital organ in the body - the heart. Once we have looked its definition, diagnosis and treatment...
Business Plan for Cardinal Health
Business plan - 2 pages - Educational studies
The product stands for what the organization accords, which entails making the transactions between patients and the health care medical staff much easier and faster. Cardinal health provides supply chain services that include branded and generic prescriptions, as well as OTC drug distributions....
Security and Risk Management - IT Database security
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The IT infrastructure of the organization makes it susceptible to external intrusions. For example, there are more than 1000 access points with no security awareness programs and no deployed security software programs or reporting to protect the access points. In addition, there is need for...
The Lacoste group
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Born in 1930, Lacoste, the famous crocodile brand, continues to conquer new market shares. Its founder, Rene Lacoste followed the development of the enterprise step by step, from the mere creation of a shirt of stitched mesh that became famous, to the mass production of a range of sportswear...
Lustucru Lunch Box: Reviewing the distribution strategy of the Lunch Box
Presentation - 40 pages - Business strategy
Analysis: 1. Story of Lustucru & the Lunch Box: Assessing Lustucru brand expertise on the market 2. The Lunch Box in stores: Assessing Lustucru category management & Supply Chain expertise 3. Channels profiling: Searching for new ideas to develop the Lunch Box presence in distribution channels...
Gastrointestinal & Endocrine
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Medical care & personal assistance
The objective findings would be a complete assessment of the patient's vital signs, with specific features of dehydration and sepsis, such as tachycardia, hypotension, and fever. I would complete a full palpation of the abdomen with rebound, guarding, and any masses or organomegaly that may...
Artificial intelligence in Healthcare Industry - A.I in Medical Technology : Medical Imaging
Dissertation - 35 pages - Management
Nowadays, we hear about artificial intelligence all around us and more specifically in the automotive, economic, computer and health sectors. The primary goal of artificial intelligence at its inception in the 1950s was to improve and extend human capabilities with machines (Pallanca O., and Read...
SABMiller: Strategy behind the success in a hostile environment
Case study - 13 pages - Business strategy
There are very few South African companies that can boast of a history of 100 years. Despite this situation, SABMiller crossed the twentieth century in a country whose political system has a disastrous influence on the development of the local companies. The strategy carried out by SAB enabled...
Virgin case study: strengths and weaknesses
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
The Virgin Group is a group of subsidiaries whose activities are centerd around the leisure sector, in line with the image of a dynamic, innovative and charismatic president Richard Branson. Sir Richard Branson is the head of a business empire that includes 250 companies in 23 countries, most...
The Lego Group strategy
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
LEGO is an international group founded in 1932 in Denmark. Under the legal form of a Société Anonyme, the LEGO Group was created by Ole Kirk Christiansen. This toy company takes its name from its founder, who was inspired by his native language (Danish) from the term "leg godt" which means "play...
A look at organizational development
Presentation - 71 pages - Business strategy
Organization development is a planned process of change in an organization's culture through the utilization of behavioral science technology, research, & theory-Warne Burke. It is an effort planned, throughout the organization, & managed from the top to increase the organization's effectiveness...
Gonococcal Infections
Presentation - 82 pages - Medical studies
Gonorrhea is a sexually transmitted infection of epithelium and commonly manifests as cervicitis, urethritis, proctitis, and conjunctivitis. If untreated, infections at these sites can lead to local complications such as endometritis, salpingitis, tuboovarian abscess, bartholinitis, peritonitis,...
A beautiful mind: Study of Schizophrenia
Thesis - 6 pages - Psychology
“Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell would that be?” (Grazer & Howard, 2001). The hell described in the previous quote is the hell of schizophrenia; of...
What's wrong with May?
Thesis - 6 pages - Medical studies
In April 2006, a 92-year-old Caucasian widow, May C., fell in her kitchen 10 miles west of Yakima, Washington, resulting in a compound fracture of her right femur. May called her LifeLine service for help and was transported to Providence Yakima Medical Center. Surgical repair of her leg was...
Drug Allergy
Presentation - 43 pages - Medical studies
The designation drug allergy should be reserved for adverse drug reactions caused by immunologic mechanisms. Although drug allergies are responsible for only a few adverse drug effects, the possibility of such reactions is a daily concern of most physicians. Drug allergy has a great variety...
Calgary-Cambridge Model - The Comprehensive Case Study of Mr. P.
Case study - 4 pages - Medical care & personal assistance
Mr. James Parker, a 62-year-old former accountant who is experiencing continuous fatigue, dyspnea and chest pain, comes to a doctor for a consultation. This case study will evaluate his presentation skills following the Calgary-Cambridge model to integrate a patient-centered care. (...) In this...
Stigma on mental illness
Dissertation - 24 pages - Sociology & social sciences
When society labels someone as being less desirable than others, this amounts to being stigmatised. Stigma usually encompasses three fundamental aspects. The first aspect is ignorance or being deficient in knowledge regarding something or someone. The second element is prejudice or developing a...
LED syndrome antiphospholipide and CNS
Thesis - 11 pages - Medical studies
The neurolupus represents the second leading cause of death in the LED. Although its incidence is high, it remains difficult to diagnose because of the diversity of events and the possible confusion with other brain diseases. In the absence of pathognomonic lesions, the diagnostic approach based...
A banker's role in approving a project
Thesis - 2 pages - Finance
Earlier, the role of a banker was mainly that of a money lender. Today, many businesses have ventured into insurance, real estate, personal services and e-banking. Traditionally, the bank played the role of an intermediation, that is to say, it collected and lent money by making intermediation...
Evaluation of a Patient with Possible Heart Failure
Presentation - 51 pages - Medical studies
The common symptoms of heart failure are well known but are frequently absent and variably specific for this condition. The symptoms generally reflect, but may be dissociated from, the hemodynamic derangements of elevated left-sided and right-sided pressures and impaired cardiac output or cardiac...
Living with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Thesis - 7 pages - Medical studies
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder affects roughly 5% of children in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2009). The specific criteria needed for identifying ADHD in children has been laid out in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM),...
